Simon MacDonald
@simonmacdonald.bsky.social
Writer, performer, theatre-maker | often bleak; sometimes funny
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Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...
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Well colour me staggered.
Breaking: The Trump administration announces that they will not be complying with today’s deadline to release the full Epstein Files.
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Well colour me staggered.
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So everything is redacted except bill clinton in a jacuzzi?
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So everything is redacted except bill clinton in a jacuzzi?
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The final show of 2025:
Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
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Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The final show of 2025:
Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
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Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
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Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
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Today's customs union vote is entirely symbolic, it's true. But what does it symbolise that no one is now arguing *for* Brexit?
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December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today's customs union vote is entirely symbolic, it's true. But what does it symbolise that no one is now arguing *for* Brexit?
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Hi Andrew Pierce, remember this article about Nigel Farage?
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hi Andrew Pierce, remember this article about Nigel Farage?
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"BERNARD MANNING!"
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Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’
Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK
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December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"BERNARD MANNING!"
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Know that people are divided on his work but I always felt like he chronicled a familiar world to the one I grew up in. So thanks for that.
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73
From sunbathers to Conservative clubs, Parr’s images were often in vivid colour with more than a dash of humour
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December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Know that people are divided on his work but I always felt like he chronicled a familiar world to the one I grew up in. So thanks for that.
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Just finished 3 more great shows at MOTH Club. Thanks to all who came, amazing audiences. Thanks to Ben, Rex and Blake, and @edwardmbishop.bsky.social for the photo. Six more shows in December and January! Tickets on sale Friday ❤️ dice.fm/bundles/ben-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just finished 3 more great shows at MOTH Club. Thanks to all who came, amazing audiences. Thanks to Ben, Rex and Blake, and @edwardmbishop.bsky.social for the photo. Six more shows in December and January! Tickets on sale Friday ❤️ dice.fm/bundles/ben-...
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👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
Robert Jenrick - awful rhetoric - get advice.
October 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Robert Jenrick - awful rhetoric - get advice.
Zelda Williams - great words. Totally with you and your family and friends.
October 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Zelda Williams - great words. Totally with you and your family and friends.
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What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... I hope this is for something better. Talk to your friends, Dele. You’re not alone. Ever.
Dele Alli: Former Spurs midfielder released by Como after just one appearance
England international midfielder Dele Alli has left Serie A club Como after his contract was terminated.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... I hope this is for something better. Talk to your friends, Dele. You’re not alone. Ever.
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Seeking new acting representation. Recent screen & stage work: Odyssey (Gerard Johnson), Where I Can See Them (Lanre Malaolu), Frank Sinatra and My Dad’s Wig (Phil Pearson). DMs open / email in bio.
August 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Seeking new acting representation. Recent screen & stage work: Odyssey (Gerard Johnson), Where I Can See Them (Lanre Malaolu), Frank Sinatra and My Dad’s Wig (Phil Pearson). DMs open / email in bio.
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“With few seats in Parliament, no coherent policy platform beyond his usual outrage machine and no serious political capital in Europe, Farage is not being snubbed. He is simply being treated according to his actual political relevance”
👏 Let’s keep it that way
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👏 Let’s keep it that way
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🇬🇧Macron Snubs Farage During UK Visit - and He’s Right to Do So
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders with real political weight, not poll-chasing populists like Nigel Farage.
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July 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“With few seats in Parliament, no coherent policy platform beyond his usual outrage machine and no serious political capital in Europe, Farage is not being snubbed. He is simply being treated according to his actual political relevance”
👏 Let’s keep it that way
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👏 Let’s keep it that way
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Brian Cox, "I think Nigel Farage is an idiot"
"I think he's a venal idiot who talks a lot of crap"
"I think he's a venal idiot who talks a lot of crap"
July 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Brian Cox, "I think Nigel Farage is an idiot"
"I think he's a venal idiot who talks a lot of crap"
"I think he's a venal idiot who talks a lot of crap"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Great journalism. X
Trump’s parade isn’t what he was hoping for. It was a disappointing, sad affair | Moira Donegan
The uniformed soldiers marched irregularly, slightly off beat; the turnout was small and the crowd seemed defeated
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June 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Great journalism. X
No, still nothing going on here…
June 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
No, still nothing going on here…
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Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs